Trump cancels Witkoff, Kushner’s Pakistan trip for Iran talks, says regime is suffering from ‘infighting’
insert_link Politics Trump’s remittance tax aims to slow illegal immigration by targeting the money flow The Senate’s version of the "one big, beautiful bill" includes a tiny, 1% tax on international cash transfers — called a remittance tax — which, according to experts, will have a major impact on immigrants working in the U.S.A remittance is a money transfer to another country outside the U.S., which is a common practice among immigrant workers who send part of their wages back to family in their native […] todayJuly 2, 2025 3
insert_link Politics Trump turns to Supreme Court in fight to oust Biden-era consumer safety officials President Donald Trump’s Justice Department filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking to overturn lower court rulings that blocked the administration from firing three Biden-appointed regulators.The emergency appeal asks the High Court to allow the Trump administration to fire three members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a five-member independent regulatory board that sets standards and oversees safety for thousands of consumer products. The […] todayJuly 2, 2025 1
insert_link Politics Biden-appointed judge halts Trump HHS overhaul after Democrat-led lawsuit A Biden-appointed federal judge on Tuesday stepped in to halt the Trump administration's efforts to dramatically reorganize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after 19 Democratic attorneys general sued to stop the reforms. HHS announced in March it would be laying off around 20,000 full-time agency employees, while also reducing the number of regional offices across the country and consolidating several HHS divisions. A fact sheet from HHS about […] todayJuly 2, 2025 3
insert_link Politics Bush teams up with notorious Trump foes to trash ‘colossal mistake’ shuttering USAID Former President George W. Bush joined up with former President Barack Obama and U2 singer Bono to comfort United States Agency for International Development employees Monday, while also taking shots at President Donald Trump and his administration for shuttering the agency plagued by accusations of fraud and abuse. "Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s a tragedy," Obama said in a video that was shown to departing USAID employees Monday, according […] todayJuly 2, 2025 9
insert_link Politics Rev. Al Sharpton urges Cuomo to step aside in NYC mayoral race: ‘What is best for New York’ MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton has called on Andrew Cuomo to drop out of the New York City mayoral race, urging the former governor to consider what would be in the best interest of New York City residents."I think Andrew Cuomo should look at what is best for the city and let them have a one-on-one race," Sharpton said on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ on Wednesday.SCANDAL-PLAGUED FORMER GOV ANDREW CUOMO AIMS […] todayJuly 2, 2025 5
insert_link Politics Ex-Obama intel boss wanted anti-Trump dossier included in ‘atypical’ 2016 assessment despite pushback Former CIA Director John Brennan, who served under former President Barack Obama, pushed for the so-called "Steele dossier," which featured salacious material and unfounded allegations about President Donald Trump's connections to Russia, to be included in an assessment evaluating Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to a review declassified Wednesday. The CIA, FBI and National Security Agency's Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) evaluating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election diverted […] todayJuly 2, 2025 2
insert_link Politics Wisconsin Supreme Court decides abortion case that prompted most expensive judicial election in US history The Wisconsin Supreme Court's newly elected liberal majority on Wednesday voted to strike down a near-total state abortion ban, voting 4-3 to overturn the stringent, 176-year-old law. The decision reflected a deeply partisan split, with all four liberal justices voting to invalidate the 1849 abortion law and the three conservative justices dissenting.It also crystallized the impact of the state's Supreme Court election earlier this year that raked in millions of dollars in […] todayJuly 2, 2025 3
insert_link Politics Trump says his relationship with one-time rival DeSantis now a ‘9.9’ They were bitter Republican rivals a year and a half ago, but President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were all smiles this week, as the two appeared side-by-side for the opening of a new migrant detention center in the Everglades."The relationship between the governor and the president is fantastic," DeSantis communications director Bryan Griffin told Fox News Digital.Griffin spoke with Fox News Digital the day after Trump and […] todayJuly 2, 2025 2
insert_link Politics Colorado Capitol replaces ‘distorted’ Trump portrait following monthslong backlash After facing several months of backlash, the Colorado state Capitol has replaced a controversial portrait of President Donald Trump, which he claimed was "purposely distorted" by the artist. A new presidential portrait, recently donated by the White House, was installed last week at the Denver Capitol, the Colorado Capitol Building Advisory Committee told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. It replaces Colorado artist Sarah Boardman’s painting, which had hung since 2019.Despite the […] todayJuly 2, 2025 3
Trump cancels Witkoff, Kushner’s Pakistan trip for Iran talks, says regime is suffering from ‘infighting’